Trousers-hanger.



No.'706,060. Patented Aug. 5-, I902.

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TBOUSERS'HANGER. I

(Apphcation filed. may 11, 1900 .formed my trousers-hanger.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JAMES H. HOWE, OF BUFFALO, NEW YORK.

TROUSERS-HANGER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 706,060, dated August5, 1902.

Application filed May 11, 1900. Serial No. 16.309. (No modeL) To allwhom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, JAMES H. HOWE, a citizen of the United States,residing at Buffalo, in the county of Erie and State of New York, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Trousers-Hangers; and Ido hereby declare the following to be a clear, full, and exactdescription of the invention, such as will enable othersskilled in theart to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to means for hanging up trousers so that theywill retain their shape and be kept free from wrinkling and creasingwhen not in use.

The objects of my invention are to produce a trousers-hanger that willbe simple and effective in use and that will produce a continuous evenpressure upon the trousers with-- out injuring them.

With these objects in viewI have produced a device which consists offeatures and combinations of parts hereinafter described, and pointedout in the claim.

Referring to the drawings, consisting of one sheet and two figures, inwhich like letters of reference refer to like parts, Figure 1 is aperspective view of my trousershanger, showing it open. Fig. 2 is a Viewsimilar to that shown in Fig. 1, showing the hanger closed when holdinga pair of trousers inserted therein.

(4 represents a strip of spring metal, of any suitable thickness andwidth, out of which is The two ends cl and e of the metal strip a areoppositely beveled, as shown. The strip a is bent at c outwardly andthen inwardly, so that the end (I extends inwardly a short distancebeyond the loop thus formed. The strip a is bent at b outwardly and theninwardly, so that the end 6 extends slightly beyond the end (I. The twoends d and e are thus capable of overlapping each other throughout theirbeveled portions. At a short distance back from the end e there may beprovided an outwardly-projecting indentation f, which serves as athumb-piece for the purpose of opening and closing the hanger.

9 represents a wire loop suitably attached to my device for the purposeof providing means with which tohang it up. It is evident that any othersuitably-secured device can be used that will answer the purposesrequired.

After having formed the device as above described the long back portion(marked a) and the long front portion carrying the beveled end 6 arebent in opposite outward curves, so that when the hanger is closed thesefront and rear portions form a lengthwise spring and are capable ofexerting a continuous even pressure throughout their length upon theinserted trousers.

When it is desired to use my device, the beveled ends (1 and e arereleased from their interlapping union, as illustrated in Fig. 1, andthe trousers are inserted between the front and back portions of thehanger. The two beveled end portions'd and e are then brought intounion, as shown in Fig. 2, by a pressure on the thumb-piece f orotherwise. A slight upward pressure is then exerted un til the beveledend 6 passes behind the beveled end d, thus securely uniting theseportions of the hanger. I The pressure being released, the front andrear portions of the hanger by reason of the lengthwise spring actionwill be brought into line, and they will exert a continuous lengthwisepressure upon the trousers and firmly hold them in place in the hanger.After being thus secured the hanger is hung in any desired place bymeans of the loopy or other suitable device engaging over the clotheshook or nail.

Having thus described my invention and its method of operation, whatIclaim is A trousers-hanger, made of a strip of spring metal, having itsends oppositely beveled, and

I at one end bent outwardly and then inwardly so that it extendsinwardly a short distance beyond the loop thus formed, and beingbentnear its center outwardly and then inwardly so that its opposite endextends slightly beyond the first-named end, the two ends thus formedbeing capable of slightly overlapping each other throughout theirbeveled portions.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in thepresence of two subscribing witnesses.

JAMES H. HOWE.

Witnesses:

EZRA OLIFT,

W. H. WILSON.

